“I grieved the baby I thought I was going to have. I grieved the baby I thought I wanted. I felt not fit for this.”
- Love What Matters
- Children
“I grieved the baby I thought I was going to have. I grieved the baby I thought I wanted. I felt not fit for this.”
“We poured so much of ourselves into our children, we forgot marriage needs attention and work, too. We advocated for our children, but we forgot to advocate for each other.”
“I was always so caught up in what others thought, I believed I was too young to be a good mom. It wasn’t until last year, when I was looking back at old photos of us, I noticed it. I was always ready to be your mother.”
“There’s ONE precious life to live, during which you do your best every day, and that’s ENOUGH.”
“Billowing smoke, people bleeding and screaming, clothes in tatters. Rumors were beginning to ripple through the crowd about an explosion. Maybe more than one. As the father of twin sons with severe, nonverbal autism, I’ve had many difficult days. But nothing matches this.”
“What we say in our homes leaves once our children walk out the door.”
“We were IN THE POOL with him when it happened.”
“Today I yelled too much. They watched television too much. When I lay them down to bed at night, I look at those beautiful souls I created and think, ‘How could I ever be so mad at them?'”
“As I came out of the fog, I started looking at my life through a different lens. Although my life might change, it might change for the better.”
“‘Something seems off.’ I was absolutely terrified. I didn’t understand why God would do this to me. It was so dangerous! At 8 weeks, we went in and sure enough, we saw five babies! I was actually pregnant with QUINTUPLETS!”